 Billed
as a ' Radio Show in the Flesh', and there are certainly parts that are
just that,
this show is for me was anything but Kid Simple.
Unfortunately
at the show I attended, I could obtain no programme,
so I apologise for not having the actors names, commences with an 'All American
Family' gathering together to listen to a radio show. Their daughter is
a scientific genius and who subsequently invents a device that can hear inaudible
sounds, which she calls The Third Ear. This invention gets stolen by
criminals and her journey to retrieve
her creation begins.
This
is also somehow linked to the radio play, very cleverly and inventively
augmented with live sound effects. Who would have thought that the
sound of a heart breaking could be produced by a hammer hitting a
cabbage for instance? The costumes were interesting, as was the
use of puppets at times but this
play was way to surreal for my palate, and whilst I can applaud the performances of
the actors and some of the devices used, it really was not my
thing.
One
or two comments I heard on leaving the theatre were that I was not alone
in finding the meaning obscure, but if this sounds like you sort of
thing, give it a try. At worst you'll see something very different, but
well presented.
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